Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200752293 - Oxygen Cylinder Exploded While Being Cut

Accident Summary Nr: 200752293 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 05/29/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304356942	05/30/2001	5093	0	Joyce Iron & Metal Company

Abstract: An employee whose job it was to cut up scrap on a band saw cut into an oxygen cylinder that was still pressurized. When the employee cut through the side of the cylinder, the pressure blew out the side and propelled the cylinder toward the employee, fatally injuring him when it struck his stomach.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, DEMOLITION, CYLINDER, BANDSAW, SCRAP METAL, STRUCK BY, STOMACH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304356942			Fatality	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported

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